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A Book ReviewHermit Heaven Encounters with chinese Hirmits by: Bill PorterThe Chinese say their history goes back five thousand years, back to the time of Huang-ti, the Yellow Emperor. Haung-ti was the earliest known leader for the confederation of tribes that established Chinese. But it was from two hermits that Huango-ti learned how to conquer his enemies and how to prolong his life. And he reigned for a hundred years, from 2700 to 2600 B.C. about the same time the first pyramids were being built in Egypt.After Huang–ti rode off on a dragon to join his fellow immortals, and, around 2300 B.C., into theYao. Two thousand years later, Confucius praised yao as the wisest of men because he passed over members of his own family and chose a hermit as his successor. Huang-fu Mi's third century work; the Kaoshihcbuan (Records of High Minded Men) recreated the occasion: